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We’re living in unprecedented political times, we’re more polarized than ever, and democracy is at stake…right? These days it can be hard to know what’s really going on in politics and what our governments are doing about it. But there’s a whole field dedicated to studying politics and government and figuring out what’s happening and whether it’s really so unprecedented. Here are 5 questions about political science, answered.
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Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:54 – What Is Political Science?
2:51 – How Do Governments Govern?
4:53 – Is There A Right Way To Do Government?
6:00 – What Are The Political Left And Right?
8:20 – Are We Really Living In Unprecedented Times?
10:46 – Conclusion
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Sources:
https://www.polisci.washington.edu/what-political-science
https://polisci.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/honors/award-winning-theses.html
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:hxdrw4v8/
https://www.polisci.pitt.edu/fields-study/political-methodology#:~:text=Political%20scientists%20rely%20on%20a,tools%20for%20rigorous%20theoretical%20analysis
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-domestic-policy-4115320
https://ndisc.nd.edu/news-media/news/what-are-the-4-types-of-foreign-policy-and-how-are-they-pursued/
https://www.thoughtco.com/public-administration-6822941
https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/versailles-heart-french-revolution#the-meeting-of-the-estates-general
https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-spectrum
https://politpro.eu/en/sweden/parties
https://behorizon.org/post-election-reflection-a-new-political-era-in-sweden/
https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2023/09/polarization-democracy-and-political-violence-in-the-united-states-what-the-research-says?lang=en
https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/civics/new-study-finds-alarming-lack-of-civic-literacy-among-americans
https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832
https://joshblackman.com/blog/2014/03/10/anti-new-deal-political-cartoons-about-the-supreme-court/
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2001/09/19/american-psyche-reeling-from-terror-attacks/
https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458954/1962-cuban-missile-crisis/#:~:text=The%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis%20of,which%20threatened%20the%20Soviet%20Union
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2023-historic-year-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/11/six-things-political-scientists-are-watching-this-election
https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2022/10/understanding-and-responding-to-global-democratic-backsliding?lang=en
https://www.ifes.org/pub/Paths-to-Democratic-Resilience-in-an-Era-of-Backsliding/Defining-key-concepts
https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2024/
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https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/news/022317.US-WashingtonPost.pdf
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